The messages are credited to FBI DirectorWilliam S. Sessions, whose name appears alongside the slogan. Sessions reached a deal with American Amusement Machine Association president Robert Fay through which 20 arcade manufacturers agreed to include the slogan in their games[citation needed]. The slogan made its official debut on January 10, 1989, when three major games that included the slogan were shown to the press. A similar campaign called Recycle It, Don't Trash It! was launched several years afterward. Although Sessions's tenure with the FBI ended several years later, the slogan continued to be included in newer arcade games. It has since become a 1990s symbol of arcade gaming in the US.